Rakovac
Raka Milošević
Chamberlain of Despot Jovan Branković; according to legend the founder of Rakovac Monastery, which is named after him.
Abbot Teofan
After a great fire, around 1692–93, Abbot Teofan obtained a protective decree (ferman) from the Sultan and began to rebuild the monastery. He travelled to Russia and brought back money, liturgical books and church objects. He edited the Rakovac Srbljak, the collection of hymns to Serbian ruler-saints completed in 1714 by the monk Maksim.
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Hieromonk Pahomije
Scribe who made a copy of the medieval Serbian law code, Dušan’s Code, at Rakovac in 1700.
Metropolitan Vićentije Jovanović
Metropolitan who paid for the baroque bell tower (1735). His remains were laid in the wall of the monastery chapel in 1893.